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NHVR prosecutes three directors for primary duty offences
A heavy vehicle operated by a scrap metal company found to be substantially over mass has led to charges filed against the company and its three directors in Bayswater, Victoria.
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Submissions open for $4 million heavy vehicle safety grant program
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has opened submissions for Round 8 of the Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI) to fund new projects to deliver a safer heavy vehicle industry.
Working in partnership to shape the future of PBS
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has today released a Discussion Paper seeking industry input to help shape the future of the Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme – ensuring it continues to lead and promote innovation in the Australian heavy vehicle industry.
Expanded tyre choice brings greater flexibility to PBS operators
From 1 December 2022, Performance Based Standards (PBS) vehicles will be able to use a broader range of tyres, enabling the PBS scheme to better support and promote the next generation of smarter, safer and more productive vehicles.
Director ordered to comply with NHVR Enforceable Undertaking
The Director of a NSW waste company has been ordered by the Parramatta court to comply with an Enforceable Undertaking (EU) voluntarily entered into with the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR), following a breach of the EU conditions.
Mass offence on the road leads to action against an off road party
Following a roadside intercept where a vehicle carrying metal, aluminium and car parts was found to be substantially over mass and incorrectly restrained, the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) followed the Chain of Responsibility (CoR) back to a consignor, issuing an Improvement Notice.
First NHVR prohibition order against Director
After thousands of driver records were found destroyed in a chemical bath of weed killer, a former transport company director has been convicted and fined in a South Australian court, following a lengthy investigation by South Australia Police.
PBS applications to be made simpler and faster
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) will be introducing changes to the Performance Based Standards (PBS) scheme Vehicle Approval (VA) document to reduce administrative burden for industry and provide a better customer experience.
NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto said the changes would remove some of the unnecessary complexity in getting a PBS vehicle approved, meaning we can get safer, smarter, more productive vehicles on our roads sooner.
Origin Energy Services Limited to spend $380,000 after failing to respond to infringement offence
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Origin Energy Services Limited (OESL) after the power retailer was charged with failing to respond to multiple Notice to Produce letters requesting information on a driver that didn’t divert into a weighbridge.
New notice to improve efficiencies and remove cost burden of common truck and dog combinations
The National Class 3 20m Long 3-axle Truck and 4-axle Dog Trailer Mass and Dimension Exemption Notice 2022 (No.1) released today will allow operators to use this combination on approved networks without having to go through the Performance Based Standards (PBS) approval process.
NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto said the notice was an important first step in moving ‘mature’ combinations out of the PBS scheme and into the ‘normal’ regulatory framework – helping to get safer and more productive vehicles on the road.
$3.5 million in industry projects to improve heavy vehicle safety
Fifteen industry-led projects will receive crucial funding as part of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative (HVSI), supported by the Australian Government.
New NHVR headquarters opens in Parramatta
Heavy vehicle safety services in New South Wales have a new home following the official opening of the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s (NHVR) Parramatta headquarters.
Minister for Regional Transport and Roads Sam Farraway opened the new office today as part of the transition of state-based heavy vehicle services to the NHVR.
Don’t #uck With A Truck message hits the road
The NHVR has partnered with CEVA Logistics to spread the “Don’t #uck With A Truck” message across three B-Double trailers that will travel across Melbourne, Adelaide, and Sydney.
NHVR AND QPS: Drive safely with trucks towing oversize loads this Queensland Road Safety Week
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and Queensland Police Service (QPS) have launched the Sharing our Roads with Oversize Loads campaign, with a series of videos to show road users how to stay safe when driving near trucks towing oversize loads this Queensland Road Safety Week.
Police escort more than six thousand heavy vehicles with an oversize or overmass load, such as mining or construction equipment, in Queensland each year.
Victorian pre-approved maps to support national access automation
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has welcomed the Victorian Government’s release of eight new pre-approved crane maps as an important step towards delivering national automated heavy vehicle access outcomes.
NHVR CEO Sal Petroccitto said that the NHVR’s National Spatial Platform will provide a single national dynamic map of state and local roads, providing transparency of all allowable access arrangements.
New South Australia notice a win for Class 3 operators
Operators of eligible livestock carriers, AB-triples and Type 1 road trains – including non-modular and modular B-triples – in South Australia can now operate at increased mass limits on designated routes, providing their vehicle has certified road-friendly suspension.
Heavy Vehicle National Law guide for legal practitioners
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has released the Judicial Guide 2022 to assist judicial officers and legal practitioners with an understanding of the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL).
NHVR to regulate heavy vehicles in NSW from today
Heavy vehicle drivers across NSW will see a National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) logo and new uniforms for heavy vehicle services and compliance officers from today.
New industry code of practice released for Tasmanian agricultural and horticultural industries
Agricultural and horticultural industry participants in Tasmania now have clearer guidance on how to manage hazards and risks around heavy vehicle use, with the NHVR last week registering the Tasmanian Agricultural and Horticultural Registered Industry Code of Practice.
NHVR and LBRCA: Share the road this National Farm Safety Week
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) and Livestock, Bulk and Rural Carriers Association (LBRCA) is encouraging all road users to share the road with agricultural vehicles and machinery this National Farm Safety Week (18-24 July 2022).
Roadworthy Heavy Vehicles Made Easy! Workshop in Jamestown
To support National Farm Safety Week, Grain Producers SA (GPSA) will host a free heavy vehicle roadworthy workshop from 9.30am on Monday 18 July at the Jamestown Football Club.
Operator to spend over $54,000 on mass education initiatives
The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) from equipment rental hire company Pacific Hire Wangaratta, in response to a severe mass breach.
Healthy Heads calls on industry to drive conversations and ask, “R U OK?”
R U OK? and Healthy Heads in Truck & Sheds Foundation (HHTS) have teamed up to ensure people in the road transport, warehousing and logistics industries know when and how to meaningfully connect and genuinely ask, “are you OK?”
Today, 17 May the Foundation launches ‘R U OK? in Trucks & Sheds’, a day of action to start driving conversations for ongoing cultural change and to shine a light on the need to have these conversations, every day of the year.
Heavy vehicle safety focus for National Road Safety Week
The Tasmanian Government and National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) are urging all road users to take care around heavy vehicles, ahead of the 2022 National Road Safety Week.